Twist Bioscience Assigned Patent

Twist Bioscience Corporation, San Francisco, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,936,953) developed by Peck, Bill James, Santa Clara, CA, and Bramlett, Brian Wayne, Portland, OR, for a “DNA-based digital information storage with sidewall electrodes.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Provided herein are compositions, devices, systems and methods for generation and use of biomolecule-based information for storage. Further provided are devices-having addressable electrodes controlling polynucleotide synthesis (deprotection, extension, or cleavage, etc.) The compositions, devices, systems and methods described herein provide improved storage, density, and retrieval of biomolecule-based information.”

The patent application was filed on January 3, 2019 (16/239,453).